Image by kaye2009 on Pixabay · Pixabay License
Ernst Troeltsch
Sign in to saveAlso known as Ernst Peter Wilhelm Troeltsch
German philosopher and theologian (1865-1923)
OverviewAI-generated
Ernst Troeltsch was born on 17 February 1865 and died on 1 February 1923 in Berlin, where he was buried at the Invalids' Cemetery. A German citizen and Lutheran, he worked as a politician, theologian, university teacher and sociologist in the field of philosophy, and was a member of the German Democratic Party. He was educated at the University of Göttingen, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg and the University of Augsburg, and worked in Berlin, Bonn and Heidelberg, employed by the University of Bonn, Heidelberg University, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin and the University of Göttingen. He belonged to the Heidelberg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, the Royal Prussian Academy of Sciences and the Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities. He spoke German.
Synthesized by Vinony from 23 facts across 3 sources: Wikidata, Open Library, Crossref. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 31
Top works
- The Social Teaching of the Christian Churches - Volume One (Halley Stewart Publications, Volume 1)
- Psychoanalytic Pioneers
- Zur Religiösen Lage, Religionsphilosophie und Ethik...
- Deutsche Bildung
- The Social Teaching of the Christian Churches, Vol One
via Open Library + Wikidata
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Reproducible, interactive, scalable and extensible microbiome data science using QIIME 2
· 2019 · cited 20,832x
- Controlled growth of monodisperse silica spheres in the micron size range
· 1968 · cited 13,425x
- Recommendations for Cardiac Chamber Quantification by Echocardiography in Adults: An Update from the American Society of Echocardiography and the European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging
· 2015 · cited 11,849x
- Staging of brain pathology related to sporadic Parkinson’s disease
· 2003 · cited 9,222x
- The Sloan Digital Sky Survey: Technical Summary
· 2000 · cited 8,913x
via Crossref · CC0
Key facts
- Born
- ( 1865-02-17 ) 17 February 1865 , Haunstetten , Kingdom of Bavaria
- Died
- 1 February 1923 (1923-02-01) (aged 57) , Berlin , Free State of Prussia , Weimar Germany
- Alma mater
- University of Erlangen University of Göttingen
- Era
- 19th-century philosophy
- Region
- Western philosophy
- School
- Neo-Kantianism ( Baden school ) History of religions school Liberal Christianity Classical liberalism
- Institutions
- University of Göttingen University of Göttingen University of Bonn University of Heidelberg University of Berlin
- Notable students
- Gertrud von Le Fort , Friedrich Gogarten
- Main interests
- Theology philosophy of history
- Notable ideas
- Three principles of historiography (principle of criticism, principle of analogy, principle of correlation)
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Ernst
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Germany
- Place of death
- Berlin
- Occupation
- historian
- Educated at
- University of Augsburg
- Employer
- University of Göttingen
- Political party
- German Democratic Party
- Languages spoken
- German
- Religion
- Lutheranism
- Field of work
- philosophy
- Image
- ErnstTroeltsch.jpg
- Work location
- Heidelberg
Show 7 more facts
- place of burial
- Invalids' Cemetery
- Commons category
- Ernst Troeltsch
- date of birth
- 1865-02-17
- date of death
- 1923-02-01
- name in native language
- Ernst Troeltsch
- archives at
- German Federal Archives
Sources (2)
via Wikidata · CC0
~14 min read
Encyclopedic overview
Ernst Peter Wilhelm Troeltsch (/trɛltʃ/; German: [tʁœltʃ]; 17 February 1865 – 1 February 1923) was a German liberal Protestant theologian, a writer on the philosophy of religion and the philosophy of history, and a classical liberal politician. He was a member of the history of religions school. His work was a synthesis of a number of strands, drawing on Albrecht Ritschl, Max Weber's conception of sociology, and the Baden school of neo-Kantianism.
Life
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ernst Troeltsch” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.